Northwell Health Visits: A Family Connects Pilot Implementation at Northwell Health
| Status: | Enrolling by invitation |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Depression, Women's Studies |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology, Reproductive |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | Any |
| Updated: | 3/27/2019 |
| Start Date: | January 9, 2019 |
| End Date: | January 9, 2022 |
Northwell Health Visits (NHV) is a three year pilot replication of the evidence-based model,
Family Connects, which is a brief universal Nurse Practitioner home visiting program for new
mothers and their infants. We seek to compare outcomes among mothers and infants enrolled in
the NHV enhanced intervention arm, those enrolled in the NHV screening-only arm, and those in
the control arm. NHV will follow a three- armed randomized control trial design.
Family Connects, which is a brief universal Nurse Practitioner home visiting program for new
mothers and their infants. We seek to compare outcomes among mothers and infants enrolled in
the NHV enhanced intervention arm, those enrolled in the NHV screening-only arm, and those in
the control arm. NHV will follow a three- armed randomized control trial design.
Northwell Health Visits (NHV) is based on Family Connects (formerly Durham Connects), which
is a short-term, universal, inexpensive postnatal nurse home visiting program designed to
provide brief parenting intervention and to connect families with community resources based
on individualized assessments of family needs. The intervention was found to reduce the
number of infant emergency medical care episodes and rates of anxiety in mothers, as well as
increase community connection, positive parenting behaviors, participation in higher quality
out-of-home child care when implemented in Durham, so we are looking to replicate these
outcomes. We are adapting the model to serve the local population that is served by Northwell
Health - Katz Women's Hospital at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center, to see if
increasing services in and around discharge is more useful for mothers and infants, and
improves outcomes for infants. The focus is of early intervention (education and support by
Nurse Practitioner), and connection to community agencies, in order to: reduce healthcare
costs, decrease the rate of mothers and infants Potentially Preventable Emergency Room Visits
(PPVs), adhere to well-baby care and mother's postpartum care schedules, improve family
functioning, strengthen family partnerships and well-being, reduce necessary reports to child
protective services, improve mental and physical health outcomes of mothers and infants
within the first six months of life.
is a short-term, universal, inexpensive postnatal nurse home visiting program designed to
provide brief parenting intervention and to connect families with community resources based
on individualized assessments of family needs. The intervention was found to reduce the
number of infant emergency medical care episodes and rates of anxiety in mothers, as well as
increase community connection, positive parenting behaviors, participation in higher quality
out-of-home child care when implemented in Durham, so we are looking to replicate these
outcomes. We are adapting the model to serve the local population that is served by Northwell
Health - Katz Women's Hospital at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center, to see if
increasing services in and around discharge is more useful for mothers and infants, and
improves outcomes for infants. The focus is of early intervention (education and support by
Nurse Practitioner), and connection to community agencies, in order to: reduce healthcare
costs, decrease the rate of mothers and infants Potentially Preventable Emergency Room Visits
(PPVs), adhere to well-baby care and mother's postpartum care schedules, improve family
functioning, strengthen family partnerships and well-being, reduce necessary reports to child
protective services, improve mental and physical health outcomes of mothers and infants
within the first six months of life.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Infant Born at Katz Women's Hospital at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center
- Mother Age 18 years or older
- Mother who has delivered a single live born normal infant, vaginally or by cesarean
section
- Mother Primary Language Spoken is English
Exclusion Criteria:
- Loss of Pregnancy
- Fetal demise
- No health insurance
- Infant in neonatal intensive care unit
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